Listokin, Yair - In: American Journal of Economics and Sociology 64 (2005) 4, pp. 1073-1083
Two prominent theories of crime (Wilson and Herrnstein 1985; Gottfredson and Hirshi 1990) rely heavily on the notion that criminals are impatient or "present-oriented." In brief, the theories posit that present-oriented individuals will be predisposed to crime because the "costs" of crime (e.g.,...